But what do the proposals to build 900 new homes on land on the southern edge of Beverley mean for the market town, why has it been approved despite concerns and how long will it take to complete? Here, Hull Live's Angus Young answers the questions everyone is asking.

Where are the new homes going to be built ?

The new homes will be built on land south of Beverley Parklands

The site covers nearly 100 acres of open land immediately south of Beverley Parklands and the sports fields at Beverley Leisure Centre. It stretches to Minister Way, the town's new southern relief road opened in late 2015, and the main Hull to Scarborough railway line to the east.

Most of the land is currently in agricultural use.

Why has housing been allowed on greenfield land ?

The site is one of several in the immediate area allocated for housing or mixed-use development under East Riding Council's Local Plan. Adopted two years ago, the Plan forms the council's main policy on future land use in the area until 2029.

Overall, 3,300 new homes will be built in Beverley during the next decade, most of them on sites to the south of the town centre.

Who are the developers ?

The Strata Homes development at the forrmer Boothferry Park site in Hull

House-builders Strata Homes and Linden Homes are joint partners on this scheme.

Doncaster-based Strata are perhaps best known locally for re-developing Hull City's former home at Boothferry Park. The company recently announced it had sold the last of its new homes on a development in Maybury Road in east Hull.

Linden have current developments in Hessle, Market Weighton and Pocklington.

What type of homes will be built?

The first phase of the development will feature 325 new homes. These will include 82 two-bedroom properties, 89 three-bedroom homes and 155 properties with four bedrooms.

As yet, the mix of properties in stages two and three have yet to be decided and details will be agreed with the council at a later stage.

What about the impact the local road network?

Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart and transport minister Robert Goodwill opening Minster Way in 2015

The first phase of the scheme includes the construction of a new access road and roundabout from Minster Way. This will be the main access into the development.

There are also plans for a 500-space park and ride facility to the southern end of the site next to Minister Way to help ease traffic congestion and parking problems in Beverley itself.

Regular shuttle buses will run between the site and Flemingate in Beverley but it's not clear when it will be constructed.

Strata and Linden have committed to completing the park and ride towards the end of phase two but that could be at least eight years after the first residents move in. Councillors have called for that date to be brought forward.

There are also plans to built a new footbridge over the railway line providing a pedestrain link to another greenfield site earmarked for 400 new homes.

Did anyone oppose it ?

Councillor Keith Moore

At the committee, Councillor Keith Moore was the only one to vote against the plans after he raised concerns over the proposed timetable for the park and ride works.

During the consultation period, Beverley's Civic Society submitted a formal objection citing concerns over the design of the overall scheme and the propsect of "monotonous speculative housing".

Historic England also raised concerns over its potential impact on the setting of Beverley Minister but Woodmansey Parish Council voted to support the application.

Hull City Council also offered no objection but called for a 10-acre Local Plan allocation of employment land at the site to be retained and not replaced with more housing in the future.

How long will it take to be fully completed?

A view of Beverley Minster from the town's Westwood. (Image: Susie Bateman)

Initial infrastucture work at the site is expected to start next year. The developers say it could take the best part of a decade to finish.